Grafton township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Grafton township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
42% of Grafton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18821
- Northeast: 1014
- Midwest: 3194
- South: 1362
- West: 901
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $185,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,880
- One, attached: 766
- Two: 87
- 3 or 4: 108
- 5 to 9: 271
- 50 or more: 22
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $364,300
Housing units in Grafton township with a mortgage: 6,904 (691 second mortgage, 972 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 834
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grafton township:
- German (24.6%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Italian (12.7%)
- Polish (10.5%)
- English (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- Poland (14%)
- India (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Korea (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,522 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,123 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%)
- Railroad: 304 (2%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 119 (1%)
- Other means: 67 (0%)
- Worked at home: 523 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (94%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
88.7% of residents of Grafton township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,462- In family households: 25,804 (6,755 male householders, 888 female householders)
7,124 spouses, 10,172 children (9,567 natural, 210 adopted, 395 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 218 parents, 221 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,658 (616 male householders (373 living alone)), 601 female householders (481 living alone)), 441 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 2,420 2-persons, 1,741 3-persons, 2,140 4-persons, 945 5-persons, 280 6-persons, 117 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 854 1-person, 290 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
8,483 married couples with children.
681 single-parent households (178 men, 503 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 360
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 84
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 144
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |